Soochow Creek and part of the Continental Bank Godown, Shanghai, October 1937
Collection
Identifier
JM04-101
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JM04-101. Photograph numbered 101, published in 'The Sino-Japanese Hostilities 1937 / Shanghai'. Caption in Index: 'To the South of the Godown Block House "F" foot of Yu Ya Ching Road Bridge manned by British troops. South of Creek bank by American Marines. Oct. 29, 1937.' The Continental Bank warehouse is the large building on the right with writing below the roof. This godown was next to the Sihang Warehouse 四行仓库). The godowns were the location of part of the Battle of Shanghai, as dramatised in the (historically inaccurate) blockbuster film 'The Eight Hundred' (八佰 Ba Bai). See JM02-071, JM04-102 and JM04-103.
Caption in album or on mount
101
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Location
Date
Friday 29 October 1937
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections
